What happens now we've found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII
- Written by Emily Jateff, Adjunct lecturer in archaeology, Flinders University
A bathymetric map showing SS Iron Crown on the sea floor.CSIRO, Author provided
Finding shipwrecks isn’t easy – it’s a combination of survivor reports, excellent archival research, a highly skilled team, top equipment and some good old-fashioned luck.
And that’s just what happened with the recent discovery of SS Iron Crown,...